Mumbai Police get their 'hearts' checked on World Health Day

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis visits the medical camp organised for police officials. Pic/PTI

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched a first-ever comprehensive 'Heart Health' screening programme for Mumbai's policemen in collaboration with Asian Heart Institute, in Mumbai on Wednesday.

A traffic police gets his medical check-up done. Pic/PTI

The programme, designed 'to care for the police who care for Mumbai' will provide free heart health assessment to thousands of cops at the AHI, as part of the World Heart Day celebrations on September 29.

A paramedical staff from Asian Heart hospital examines the key healthcare matrix of a police official during a medical camp organised World Heart day in Mumbai on Wednesday. Pic/PTI

According to statistics, 30 percent of policemen who die on duty, succumb to heart disease and the AHI initiative will go a long way to helping them, said Fadnavis on the occasion.

It was kicked-off by heart health check up of 1000 policemen on Wednesday at the Naigaon police establishment while CPR training was imparted to 120 members at AHI.

Present on the occasion were Joint Police Commissioners Sanjay Saxena and Anup Kumar Singh who highlighted the stressful job with long duty hours and irregular eating schedules of Mumbai police.